Posts Tagged 2012 – DA14

Artist’s concept of the Deep Space Industries Firefly satellite (Image: Deep Space Industries) Russian meteor strike prompts call for asteroid sentries By David Szondy February 15, 2013 On the same day that a meteor exploded over Russia injuring almost a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Artist’s imagery shows an asteroid (this one with a moon) making a very close pass of the Earth. Credit: ESA/NASA Asteroid heads for closest-ever predicted approach to Earth By Paul Sutherland 04 February 2013 (Sen) – Excitement is growing over […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

ScienceCast: Record-Setting Asteroid Flyby Published on Jan 28, 2013 by Science @ NASA On Feb. 15th an asteroid about half the size of a football field will fly past Earth closer than many man-made satellites. Since regular sky surveys began […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…